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Victor Osimhen is the latest winner, receiving the award in 2023. The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992. Samuel Eto'o and Yaya Touré have won the award the most times (4 wins each), Two-time winner Didier Drogba ...
Weah is the first African former professional footballer to become a head of state, and the only African Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year winner in history, winning both awards in 1995. He won the African Footballer of the Year 3 times and is widely considered one of the greatest strikers of all time. [3] [4]
The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ⓘ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively ...
History. The CAF Awards was first awarded in the year 2000. It is an award contested by the Confederation of African Football and awarded to the best African player in each category. The African Footballer of the Year award is the oldest CAF award, being awarded since 1992 that witnessed Abedi Pele winning the inaugural award.
Pages in category "Ballon d'Or by year" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1956 Ballon d'Or;
Matthias Sammer. Andriy Shevchenko. Allan Simonsen. Omar Sívori. Hristo Stoichkov. Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)
The 2023 Ballon d’Or winner will be revealed in Paris tonight with Aitana Bonmati favourite for the Feminin award Ballon d’Or Awards LIVE: Latest updates as Lionel Messi crowned and Aitana ...
2024 Ballon d'Or. The 2024 Ballon d'Or was the 68th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or. It was presented by France Football that recognized the best footballers in the world in the 2023–24 season. It was the third ceremony during which awards were presented based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year, specifically the ...